St Louis? Cahokie? How many Americans know about that city -- the largest in the country before the Europeans came, wasn't it? Jessica On Feb 27, 2009, at 9:00 PM, Craig Kilby wrote: > Fred: > > I had to laugh, cry and sob all at one time when I saw your > signature that said "Fred, St. Louis". > > To me, that moniker said it all. > > I now live in Virginia and have long wanted to host a party where > people had to put a pin on map showing where St. Louis is. I want > to take parlour bets on this one. I don't think one in one hundred > people in Virginia even have clue where, much less what, St. Louis > is to American history. I think most of them would put it somewhere > in Louisiana, assuming they even know where that is. Or sometimes > they put in Colorado, or Minnesota. > > Mississippi River? "Oh, that thing out there somewhere." > > Lewis & Clark? "Who?" > > Louisiana Purchase? "What?" > > Napoleon? "Is that a new fur coat?" > > This is all very amusing. I miss St. Louis. I guess this is a bit > poigent today for me because I had lunch with an old friend who also > lived in St. Louis, though I did not know her then. She loved it > there. I am going back in July to conduct an interview that I hope > will become a very good article. > > I really, really love Virginia and Virginians, and I am glad to be a > taxpaying member of the "Virginia is for Lovers" state ( I have yet > to see that side of the slogan). But by golly, they have much to > learn about elsewhere. > > Craig > > > > On Feb 27, 2009, at 4:33 PM, John Frederick Fausz wrote: > >> Whether she told "lies" or employed "imaginative fabrications"-- >> a methodology that one esteemed reviewer called "outrageous"-- >> that author has discredited the historical profession and revealed >> the sham of commercial publishing and the once-credible National >> Book Award. That so few have criticized one of the worst-titled and >> least reliable books of "history"--which sadly beat out a fabulous >> book by the president of Harvard--is a sad commentary on our >> times and the clearest signal yet that factually-accurate research >> and writing are DEAD in this country. More hype and hyprocrisy >> of a celebrity culture to match our dismal economy and disastrous >> politics! >> >> Fred Fausz >> St. Louis >> >> >> ************** >> Get a jump start on your taxes. Find a tax >> professional in your neighborhood today. >> (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=Tax+Return+Preparation+%26+Filing&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000004 >> ) >> >> ______________________________________ >> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the >> instructions at >> http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > ______________________________________ > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the > instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html